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Press Advisory

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Release No: 020-13April 09, 2013

DOD Fiscal 2014 Budget Proposal Briefings Announced

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E. Dempsey will brief the media at 1 p.m. EDT, April 10, in the Pentagon Briefing Room (2E973) on President Barack Obama’s fiscal 2014 defense budget proposal to Congress. They will be immediately followed by Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller/CFO) Robert Hale and Lt. Gen. Mark Ramsay, director, force structure, resources and assessment, Joint Staff.

Following this briefing and a filing break, representatives from the Department of the Army (3:15 p.m. start time), Department of the Navy (4 p.m. start time), and Department of the Air Force (4:45 p.m. start time) will brief the media in sequential order. Each brief will be no more than 40 minutes in duration with five minutes for turnover; there will be no breaks scheduled in order to file. Media outlets may send more than one reporter.

Journalists without a Pentagon building pass will be picked up at the River Entrance only. Plan to arrive no later than 45 minutes prior to the event; have proof of affiliation and two forms of photo identification. Please call 703-697-5131 for escort into the building.

A limited number of documents related to the budget will be available in paper format in DoD Press Operations (2D961), near the briefing room. Only one paper copy per media outlet will be available. Electronic copies and a budget press release will be posted online at 11:15 a.m. at http://www.budget.mil and http://www.defense.gov/releases.